Painting of Jefferson wearing fur collar by Rembrandt Peale, 1805
Third president of the United States
Main writer of the Declaration of Independence
Bought Louisiana from France
Member of Continental Congress
Leader of the Democratic Republican party which stood for a weak national government, states' powers, small business, and against a national bank
Sent Lewis and Clark to explore land west of the Mississippi River
Thomas Jefferson was tall skinny,with red hair and freckles.He was moody and quiet. He liked to be called Tom. And he was faceing the hardest time in his life.
Thomas Jefferson was tall skinny,with red hair and freckles.He was moody and quiet. He liked to be called Tom. And he was faceing the hardest time in his life.